AIM: How did the Enlightenment influence revolutions in Latin America?

1. AIM: How did the Enlightenment influence revolutions in Latin America? DO-NOW:How did the American and French Revolutions inspire the movement for freedom in Latin America?

2. Vocabulary: • Encomienda System (en-koh-mee-en-duh) - social class system in the Spanish colonies. • Nationalism(nash-uh-nl-iz-uh m) – a feeling of pride and loyalty to one’s country • Reform (ri-fawrm)– a change, to fix what is wrong • Plantations (plan-tey-shuh n) – a large farm in which cotton, tobacco, coffee or sugar cane is grown • Mulattoes (muh-lat-oh) – a person of mixed ancestry, the offspring of one white parent and one black parent • Guerrilla war [guh-ril-uh] – type of warfare where the soldiers use surprise attacks against their enemies instead of normal fighting techniques • Republic [ri-puhb-lik] – a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people to serve as representatives • Resistance [ri-zis-tuh ns] – to oppose or to go against something

3. Activity #1 • Read Revolutions in Latin America • Read the first section, “Latin America Sweeps to Freedom” • Underline or highlight any important information • Complete the Social Class Triangle on your worksheet

4. Activity #2 • Read the handout Revolutions in Latin America • Underline or highlight any important information • Use the underlined information to complete the chart

5. Toussaint L’Ouverture

6. Simón Bolívar – 1783 - 1830

7. José de San Martín

8. Summary – in your notebooks R.I.P. Here lies _______________ Led a revolution in ________ which helped gain their independence from ________ • Choose 1 Latin American Revolutionary Leader & create a tombstone for them. • Explain who they were, where they were from & what they did